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New study confirms the right — and the center — have nearly disappeared from faculty politics
That is not just a campus culture-war problem. It is a knowledge-creation problem.
 • Greg Lukianoff
What Jonathan Haidt actually said at NYU — and what The Coddling of the American Mind actually argued
Responses to seven arguments against me, Jon, and our book from people who didn’t seem to read it
 • Greg Lukianoff
Kimmel and Comey: If it looks like an attempt to chill speech by Trump, it probably is
A painfully long list of previous examples of Trumpworld flexing its muscle against clearly protected speech
 • Greg Lukianoff
‘Pick Your Ten’: The best advice I ever got in my life
I used to think FIRE co-founder Harvey Silverglate’s wise words were only useful for people trapped in the middle of the culture war. But now we all…
 • Greg Lukianoff
Plato, ‘Gender Ideology,’ and the Efficient Rhetorical Fortress
The Texas A&M mess and what that little story says about the New Right’s comfort with censorship
 • Greg Lukianoff
Me in the NYT: Play-Doh, Plato, and the 'Form of the Dumb'
Texas lawmakers are dragging the classics into the culture war—and the academy back into the cave
 • Greg Lukianoff
FIRE brass and I answer member questions!
Watch us discuss freedom of the press, J. Ann Selzer, Indiana University, Charlie Kirk, and more.
 • Greg Lukianoff
In the NYT today: The story of the ex-cop who spent more than a month in jail over a meme
In my 25 years defending free speech, I have seen a lot of overreach. I have never seen anything quite like this.
 • Greg Lukianoff
Defending our ‘terrible business model’
As we come to the end of a challenging year, supporting FIRE’s nonpartisan defense of free speech is more important than ever.
 • Greg Lukianoff
Speaking at the site of a murder
My speech at Utah Valley University — and why America must not become like everybody else
 • Greg Lukianoff
Why FIRE is now judging bias-reporting systems more harshly — and why I changed my mind
Neighbors turning in neighbors for wrong-think cultivates the habits of an unfree society. We shouldn’t train students to do it—and we certainly…
 • Greg Lukianoff
Men are more tolerant of the other side than women are of their own
New FIRE survey data provides useful insight into the drivers of Cancel Culture on college campuses and beyond
 • Chapin Lenthall-Cleary
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